LET'S TALK ABOUT FAT BURNERS

There are many products on the market today that offer ingredients that are advertised to "BURN FAT." Let's examine the cold, hard facts. This is going to get a little technical, but it is the only way I know to explain fat burning.

Your cells are composed of cell parts (organelles) that are encased in cell membrane material. Cell membranes are composed of fatty molecules called phospholipids. The Lipid or fat part of the molecule does not like water, whereas the phosphate part of the molecule is water loving. Cell membranes are composed of a phospholipid bilayer with the fatty molecules in the middle and the phosphate groups on the inner and outer surface of the membranes. So a cell is encased in such a membrane, as well as the organelles like the nucleus and the mitochondria. The mitochondria actually have an outer membrane and an inner membrane. These membranes hold proteins that act like gates to screen what molecules get in or out of the structure.

All fat is burned inside the inner mitochondria. Fat molecules have little trouble entering a cell, however getting into the mitochondria is another issue. A fatty acid molecule is activated outside the mitochondrion by attaching to a active molecule called CoEnzyme A. An amino acid molecule called L-carnitine attaches to a fatty molecule as it passes through the outer membrane of the mitochondrion. It then makes its way to carnitine recognition protein in the inner membrane of the mitochondion and is promptly shuttled through to the matrix of the mitochondrion. Once inside the matrix of the mitochondrion the fatty acid can be burned.

Now, I ask you, does it make any sense that a supplement could magically burn fat? Not unless it could increase the fat-carnitine transport across the mitochondrial membrane. Fat burning DOES NOT OCCUR ANY OTHER WAY or in any other place! Beware of magical "FAT BURNERS." For more detail visit our website below.

Jack Bateman
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How to Choose Healthy Foods in the Market

Shopping for healthy foods in the supermarket can be a challenge. Our brains are constantly bombarded with advertising that promotes a particular product. When we see those products in the market, we have immediate recognition that seduces us into buying. I once heard a wise shopper being interviewed in a video who said that he tends to shop the outside of the supermarket. That is typically were you find the fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, and dairy products. Most people purchase a lot of canned or boxed food, none of which is fresh and often contain added salt and sugar. By eating servings of several different fresh fruits and vegetables once or twice a day, we can decrease our calorie consumption and increase our natural ingestion of vitamins and minerals. This is one of the secrets to healthy living.

Jack Bateman
www.thevitaminsupplementstore.com

Verve

It has come to my attention that a product called Verve is being advertised on the internet as insanely healthy energy. The label on the product includes a proprietary plant sourced mineral blend that contains an array of heavy metals. Heavy metals in general are toxic because they bind with proteins to render them functionless. They become molecular trash that is typically removed from the blood by either the kidneys or the liver. Accumulations of these heavy metals can produce toxicity in the kidneys and the liver. Some of the heavy metals on the label are Cadmium and Antimony (EPA primary pollutant metals) that are toxic to all life; Thorium, an actinide metal that is a radioactive cancer causer; and virtually the entire rare-earth Lanthanide series of metals. None of these metals are biological essential nutrients. They are all toxic to all life, beware!

Jack Bateman
http://www.thevitaminsupplementstore.com/

The Truth about Fasting

Fasting is the practice of depriving yourself of food for a period of time. Let's examine what happens to your body when you employ such a strategy. Your body needs specific nutrients to survive. You need carbohydrate and fat for energy, protein for cell structure and function, vitamins and minerals to act with enzymes for proper cellular function, and water. During periods of normal food consumption, your body will store some excess nutrients in various places. We all see the fat stores that we all have. Some of those are difficult to alter. Fat is stored in special cells called adipose cells. These adipose cells can increase throughout life. They can either be filled with fat or not. Carbohydrate is stored primarily in the liver as glycogen. Glycogen stores can last for 24 - 48 hours depending on the individual. Protein is not stored. You either use it to make body protein or you break it down into amino acids, then burn them for energy. This is a last resort as a source of energy.

When you begin a fast your blood sugar begins to fall. Since your brain runs exclusively on glucose (blood sugar), your liver will begin to relinquish some of it glycogen. The cells in your entire body prefer to burn glucose, so they do until the blood sugar level falls. In 24 to 48 hours, most people will experience glycogen depletion. No more stored glucose! What are we going to do now? The brain cannot survive without glucose. Your liver (your major chemical factory) comes to the rescue in a process called gluconeogenesis, which literally means "the making of new glucose." How is this done? Well the liver begins calling on muscles throughout the body to breakdown protein, so that the amino acids can be delivered to the liver. There they are converted to glucose, so that the brain can continue to function. The other cells of the body begin to burn fat from adipose tissue.

All of this sounds good until you run out of vitamins and minerals. They are necessary to work with the protein enzymes that cause the burning of glucose and fat, as well as, the conversion of amino acids to glucose. To acquire necessary vitamins and minerals, you body will begin sacrificing cells to rob them of their nutrients. This is body decomposition. Muscles begin to waste away. Remember this all begins in about 3 days of fasting. The longer the fast, the more tissue destruction you will experience.

To summarize, there are some benefits to fasting for up to two days. You must drink water and take a vitamin, mineral supplement. Fasting for longer periods of time does more damage than it does good. Don't be a fool!
Jack Bateman
www.thevitaminsupplementstore.com

How to care for your supplements.
Did you ever think that your nutritional supplements might decompose right before your eyes? Well many of them will. What happens to them? They oxidize. Once the bottle of supplement is opened to the air, the oxygen in the air attacks weak bonds in the pill and the oxidation is on it's way. If you keep your vitamins at room temperature (in a cabinet), the heat of the room will accelerate the decomposition. How do you know that your supplement pills have started to decompose? There are two tell tail signs. One is a change in color. The color gets darker for example. The second sign is the odor. When you first open the bottle, take a whiff. If there is a strong odor, the supplements are well on their way. Can the decomposing supplements be saved? The answer is NO!
How can you prevent this from happening? By keeping your supplements in the refrigerator....so simple. Do all supplements decompose? No. All of the vitamins and oily supplements, like vitamin E, flaxseed oil, omega 3, primrose oil, etc. Herbals can also decompose e.g., ginseng, St. John's wort, milk thistle, ginkgo, resveratrol, etc. Mineral supplements in their inorganic state (calcium carbonate, ferrous sulfate, magnesium oxide, etc) do not decompose. The better absorbed forms (calcium aspartate, calcium citrate, ferrous gluconate, magnesium aspartate) do decompose slowly over time. Four years at room temperature is about the limit. This can be prolonged in cold storage.
Can these oxidized supplement hurt you? Yes! The oxidation product are usually reactive. They can cause mutations, thus causing degenerative diseases like cancer.
We hope this brief explanation helps you.
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